Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman [Paperback]

Set in 1982 and 2022, the story follows two generations of women connected to literary publishing. In 2022, rival editors Rebecca and Ben are forced to share a desk and become competitors when they both try to acquire a famous writer’s unfinished novel. But the manuscript reveals a decades-old secret about Rebecca’s mother, Jane, forcing Rebecca to choose between protecting her family and exposing the truth.